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z/ais flailin -Z07 PATENTED JAN14 I868 H represents the handle, by means of which thecu'lti I hooked to the centre of the axle, and its rea behind the beams, so that the operator, in walking after t fway, or may lift them, with their teeth, from the earth.

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Lam Patent No. 73,291, dated January 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GULTIVATORSQ W TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JESSE O. BOYD, of Milroy, in the county of Rush, and in the State of Indiana, luwe invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,'clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. I

In the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, A represents the axle of the machine, which is madeof metal, and curved upward at its centre in the manner represented in the figure. 3 represents the wheels which support this axle, and which may be made in any of the known and usual ways. C represents the tongue, by means of which th; cultivator is drawn. D D represent the beams, which are two in number, -each being provided with two shanks, ,E E, to thelower ends of which are secured cultivator-teeth of any approved construction. I

The two shanks of each beam are secured at diilerent sides, and the beam is made thicker at the points of connection, so that the shanks, with their teeth, are thrown wide enough apart. The beams are connected to the axle by means of two clevises, on'e upon the'axlc, which canbe shifted to suit any width desired, and the other upon the beam, which works up or' down, and adapts itself to the ground.

' The shanks E E extend above their beams, and are connected together at their upper ends by means of the bars F and G. The ends of these barspass into mortises or slots in the shanks, and are pivoted to them.

vator is managed, the forward end of said handle being and teeth, to suit the nature of the work which h I represents a metallic bar, which is secured at one end to the ton of the axle. The rear end of this bar is curved,-as represented, and its point bent so as to rest the bar H upon.

The object of this bar isf to keep the teeth out of the ground when moving the'cultivator from one field to another.

The operator, by using the handle II, may shift thebeatns to one side or the other, may incline-them either Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as n he arrangement of the beams D, with their attachment dire with handle H, bar I, and bars {or the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,

ew, and desire to, secure by Letters Patent, is-- ctly to the axle A, by means of Shifting-devises, F and G, the several parts being constructed and operating substantially as and I have her cunto-setmy hand, this 10th day of September, 1867,

JESSE C. BOYD. Witnesses: G. W. TOMKINS, JonN Rlcnnr. 

